Math Tutor 🥀 Reddie

Epilogue

"Tonight's the night." Richie thought nervously as he and Eddie walked into the restaurant which was far too fancy for Richie's taste.

Chatter from all the nicely dressed people around the room filled his ears. He heard glasses clinking and people laughing.

An blonde waitress wearing a black button down top and a red skirt approached them.

"Here," she said motioning up the stairs, "I'll bring you to your seats."

She ushered the two up the stairs and over to a table at the corner of the room. Richie and Eddie sat down as she placed down two menus.

"Alright, I'll be back in a minute to take your order."

The girl walked away, leaving Richie and Eddie sitting at the table.

"This place is...really nice." A nervous Richie said, trying to make conversation. He could feel heart about to pound out of his chest.

"Yeah, it is." Eddie replied with a smile, "What are you gonna get?"

Richie hadn't thought about this at all. His mind was too occupied with one question that he'd been wanting to ask Eddie for months.

"Oh, uh I don't know."

He began to skim through the menu, barely able to focus on any of the words. Eventually, he decided on pasta.

Richie reached into his pocket and grabbed the tiny box he was keeping there, checking for the thousandth time that he had it. That box held the whole reason they were at the restaurant, although Eddie didn't know it yet. The ring. Tonight was the night that Richie was going to ask the big question. Tonight was the night that Richie would remember for the rest of his life, and he hoped he could remember it fondly.

After a few minutes the waitress arrived back at their table.

"Have you decided yet?  Need a few more minutes?"

"I think we have it." Said Richie, glancing at Eddie.

The two ordered their food and after a while, it was delivered to their table.

"So, Eds." Richie began, poking at the food with his fork.  He didn't have much of an appetite that night.  "We've been together for a while now and...I love you.  Like, I really love you. I have since we were thirteen, you know that. I've never met anyone quite like you before and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

He pulled the box out of his pocket and held the rind out to Eddie.

"Will you marry me?"

"Richie! Of course!" Eddie said, smiling ear to ear.
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The next three months seemed to go by in a flash. Before they knew it, the two were standing at the altar.

Ben, Beverly, Stan, Mike, and Bill all sat in the crowd, most of them holding back tears.

Beverly and Ben, who were married about a year before Richie and Eddie, sat together.

The ceremony was beautiful. Everyone was dressed nicely, especially the grooms.

Eddie and Richie looked out at the crowd. They were finally here, in a place they never thought was possible, marrying the ones they loved with their best friends alongside them. It was then that they both realized something.  They'd made it.